Remove Health Remove Poverty Remove Psychology
article thumbnail

Mental Health Advocates Aim to Dismantle Barriers to Care for Latinx Residents

NonProfit Quarterly

The 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health showed that just over a fifth of Hispanic adults ( 21.4 It doesnt matter the reason for the appointment, says Riquelmy Lamour, director of behavioral health and social work at SOMOS. Thats less than the rate of White Americans (24.6 percent) but more than that of Black Americans (19.7

Health 94
article thumbnail

The State of Mental Health Support in Climate Emergencies

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: DOERS on istockphoto.com Studies of climate change impacts “have largely focused on physical health,” according to a policy brief issued in summer 2022 by the World Health Organization (WHO). And as the climate crisis continues, whose mental health is most at risk? They may lose their homes.

Health 107
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How Indigenous Wisdom Can Support Youth Mental Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This is good news for our youth, many of whom experience mental health challenges rooted in intergenerational trauma, poverty, and social alienation. While completing my doctorate in psychology, I conducted research as part of a formal gathering of Native American healers and service providers.

Health 105
article thumbnail

Learning From the Climate-Mental Health Convergence

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Aruta & Kelly Davis A convergence is happening between the climate and mental health movements, and social impact practitioners need to pay attention. Characterizing the relationship between these two complex problems is often challenging because the true tolls of the mental health and climate crises are inseparable.

Health 105
article thumbnail

Nonprofits as Battlegrounds for Democracy

NonProfit Quarterly

1 The Dawn of the Nonprofit Sector Dunning begins the history of the nonprofit sector in the 1960s, when protests against discrimination prompted political leaders to look for solutions to persistent poverty. 9 The rents collected by CDCs strengthened market approaches to poverty, encouraging what we now may refer to as sustainability.

article thumbnail

Why Reparations Can Counter the Legacy of a 50-Year “War on Drugs”

NonProfit Quarterly

The War on Drugs Is Personal The War on Drugs has been a half-century-long, concerted, militarized campaign led by the US government to enforce prohibitions on the importation, manufacture, use, sale, and distribution of substances deemed to be illegal, advancing a punitive rather than a public health approach to drug use.

article thumbnail

How International Adoption Is Failing Children

NonProfit Quarterly

Amid the poverty, uncertainty, and violence, it is estimated that over 40,000 children left the country through international adoption. But it’s only recently that the mental health field has started to identify the long-term psychological impacts of adoption. What Went Wrong? Is Banning International Adoption the Answer?

Children 137